Kipling fund raising card for Boer War Families
The card shows soldiers of all arms under a figure of Britannia and lists a number of Famous Fights'. It refers to Kipling's Poem The Absent Minded Beggar'. It was set to music by Sir Arther Sullivan and raised a quarter of a million pounds - a vast sum in those days
Picture No
13744229
Media ID
45750087
Size
4143px x 6523px
(5.2MB)
Credit
© Holt's Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Publisher Geo Stewart and Co, Edin.South African War Postcard
Date
circa 1900
